The Book Review

The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp

Book Club: Let's Talk About "We Do Not Part," by Han Kang

The novel “We Do Not Part,” by the Nobel laureate Han Kang, involves a pet-sitting quest gone surreal: It follows a writer and documentarian whose hospitalized friend beseeches her to take care of her stranded pet parakeet on an island hundreds of miles away. When she arrives, the writer finds not only the bird but also an apparition of her friend, who has a devastating history to tell. On this week’s episode, the Book Club host MJ Franklin discusses “We Do Not Part” with fellow Book Review editors Lauren Christensen and Emily Eakin.

28 mars 2025 - 50 min 30 s

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Steven Soderbergh on His Reading Life (Rerun)

The director Steven Soderbergh has just released his second film of 2025: the spy thriller "Black Bag," starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. In January 2024, Soderbergh spoke with host Gilbert Cruz about some of the more than 80 books that he read in the previous year. (This episode is a rerun.)

21 mars 2025 - 43 min 49 s

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Spring Preview: A Few Books We're Excited For

Every season brings its share of books to look forward to, and this spring is no different. Host Gilbert Cruz is joined by Book Review editor Joumana Khatib to talk about a dozen or so titles that sound interesting in the months ahead.

7 mars 2025 - 33 min 17 s

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Book Club: Let's Talk About "Orbital," by Samantha Harvey

In "Orbital," by Samantha Harvey, a group of astronauts in the International Space Station orbit the Earth 16 times over 24 hours. This simple and beautiful novel won the 2024 Booker Prize. On this week's episode, MJ Franklin discusses Harvey's slim book with fellow Book Review editors Joumana Khatib and Jennifer Harlan.

28 févr. 2025 - 43 min 22 s

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Celebrating 100 Years of Edward Gorey

You’re familiar with Edward Gorey, whether you know it or not. The prolific author and illustrator, who was born 100 years ago this week, was ubiquitous for a time in the 1970s and 1980s, and his elaborate black-and-white line drawings graced everything from book jackets to the opening credits of the PBS show “Mystery!” to his own eccentric storybooks. On this week’s episode, the Book Review’s Sadie Stein joins Gilbert Cruz for a celebration of all things Gorey.

21 févr. 2025 - 36 min 55 s

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Inside the Making of ‘Wicked’

Meet the writer who helped turn a book into a cultural phenomenon.

19 févr. 2025 - 28 min 11 s

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Adapting the Twists and Turns of ‘Conclave’

How the novel became an Oscar-nominated film.

14 févr. 2025 - 24 min 33 s

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Is Bob Dylan Still a ‘Complete Unknown’?

The director James Mangold discusses the things we may never understand about the folk legend.

11 févr. 2025 - 24 min 10 s

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How ‘Nickel Boys’ Became One of the Year’s Most Visually Striking Films

The director RaMell Ross on adapting Colson Whitehead’s prize-winning novel.

7 févr. 2025 - 23 min 29 s

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Book Club: Let’s Talk About Alan Hollinghurst’s ‘Our Evenings’

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion.

31 janv. 2025 - 49 min 23 s

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